Taylor Quaye
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- Height:
- 5'4"
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- Year:
- 2024
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- Hometown:
- Redondo Beach, Calif.
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- High School:
- Redondo Union High School
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- Position:
- Sprints
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- Major:
- Media Arts and Sciences
Bio
Link to TFFRS.org Career Statistics
Collegiate Career Honors:
- 2023 CSC Academic All-District
- 2023 NEWMAC Women's Track & Field Academic All-Conference Team
2022-23:
Outdoor Track & Field:
- Placed 12th in the 100m (13.46) and part of third place 4x100m relay team at the Coast Guard Invitational (51.01)
- Finished 17th in the 100m (13.34) and 20th in the 200m at the Silfen Invitational (27.70)
- Earned second in the 100m dash (13.29), fourth in the 200m (27.55) and part of the winning 4x100m relay team at the Wellesley Tri-Match (51.43)
- 14th in the 100m (12.97), 19th in the 200m (27.48), and part of the seventh place 4x100m relay team at the NEWMAC Championship (50.35)
Indoor Track & Field:
- Opened season with fifth place finish in the 200m at the Mary Grinaker Invitational (28.98)
- Personal best in the 60m at the Branwen Smith-King Invitational (8.41), also part of then program record 4x200m team (1:50.10)
- Third in 200m dash at the Gordon Kelly Invitational (28.02)
2021-22:
Outdoor Track & Field:
- Finished first in the 4x100m with a time of 51.74 and third in the 200m with a time of 28.28 at the Wellesley Invitational
- Had five top-five finishes and made two personal bests in the 200m and 100m
Indoor Track & Field:
- Finished fourth in the 4x200m with a time of 1:55.67 at the Tufts Branwen Smith-King Invitational
- Made two personal bests in the 60m and 200m at the Smith Winter Classic
2020-21:
Track & Field:
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Did not participate due to Covid-19 Pandemic
Before Wellesley:
- Attended Redondo Union High School, and graduated in 2020
- Was a track and field athlete
- Helped guide the Redondo Union team to a Bay League Championships as a junior in 2019
- Earned a varsity letter in 2019
- Was frosh/soph MVP in 2017
- Made it to CIF prelims in 2019
Personal:
- Daughter of Sheila Singleton and Nii Ayikwei Quaye
- Has one younger brother, Julian
- Father, Nii Ayikwei, participated in track & field and played soccer for Ottowa University
- Born in Bethesda, Md.
- Has one brother named Julian
- Loves hippos, frogs and hedgehogs
Why Wellesley:
- Chose to attend Wellesley because of their emphasis on community